The Board has granted a 40 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected residuals of a fracture of the left tibia, effective from April 1999.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed significant functional impairment due to pain and limitation of motion, warranting an increased evaluation beyond the previously assigned 30 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- fracture of the left tibia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- March 23, 2000
- Citation
- 0007876
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied a higher disability rating for the Veteran's residuals of a fracture of the left tibia with synovitis and osteoarthritis, finding that his symptoms did not meet or approximate the criteria for a disability rating in excess of 30 percent.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for increased ratings were denied as the evidence did not show entitlement to higher ratings within a year of the date of claim.,An effective date earlier than June 15, 2007 was denied for the 20 percent rating for residuals of a fracture of the left tibia due to lack of medical records in the year prior to the claim.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for a left shoulder injury before the Board could make a decision. The case is now limited to the issue of service connection for a fracture of the left tibia, claimed as left leg re-injury.
- Denied
The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection for PTSD, left foot deformity, a crooked left leg, bipolar disorder with major depression, a left tibia disorder and hearing loss as these claims were withdrawn by the appellant.
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